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Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2022054286 · 5/17/2022 · Architectural Stone, LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
- Source
- Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
- Secondary source
- Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Employer
- Name
- Architectural Stone, LLC
- Location
- 268 Putnam Street, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, 06608
- NAICS
- 541310
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was washing brick with a cleaning chemical containing hydrofluoric acid. The chemical penetrated his glove and burned his right hand.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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